It appears Al Haymon is continuing to sign fighters once again to his management company and Premier Boxing Champions stable in response to all the competition coming about from the likes of DAZN and ESPN doing huge numbers and throwing insane money around to sign big fighters.
Haymon doesn’t want to be outdone though, it would seem.
While coming off a comprehensive stoppage defeat to Vasyl Lomachenko there is still a loyal army of boxing fans for Cuban boxing great Guillermo Rigondeaux.
‘Rigo’ is still one of the most technically gifted fighters of his era and perhaps if he returns to his normal weight class of super-bantamweight (122lbs) he can still be a huge force in boxing.
Michael Benson has reported that he has now signed with Haymon per:
✍️ Guillermo Rigondeaux has signed with Al Haymon’s PBC and intends to stage a comeback fight before the end of the year, Luis DeCubas announced.
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) October 17, 2018
Haymon recently renewed his deal with Fox for his current stable of fighters of which you’d expect Rigondeaux to feature on in the near future.
Fighters continued to get signed left, right and centre to various networks, promoters and platforms.
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